Outlaws is a classic western game that is a game of its own.
The beginning cutscene shows this villian who kills your wife, and captures your daughter, all while your out getting some whisky. Sad isn't it? So, after coming home, and you see what happens, what are you going to doi? Go kick the guys ass.
So from there on out, you'll be shooting this villians henchmen, with a variety of weapons that will all make you happy.
You first start out with a pistol. The pistol has a low-medium range. It can kill the basic henchman (the thin ones) with one shot, medium or close range. This is your most basic weapon and you'll be starting out with this and keeping it, cause you'll like it.
Your second weapon is a rifle. The rifle is...a rifle. You know it's capabilities. It's good at long range, medium range, and short range. It's a good all around weapon.
Your third weapon is a shotgun. It's a single shot shotgun that can do incredible damage to any level of henchman at close range. Now this is your basic shotgun, which means that at a longer range than close range, the bullets will spread out. Therefore, the shotgun is not recommended at longer ranges.
Your fourth weapon is a double barreled shotgun. This is awesome! It's just like your shotgun, except that there's two bullets fired at once. Pretty self explanatory huh, via the name. You get this weapon later in the game, on the 2nd CD. I'll get to the whole 2nd CD Jazz later.
Your fifth weapon is a sawed off shotgun. This is a shotgun with an even shorter range then the shotgun, but it does more damage. It's a very good gun if you are using this in close quarter combat, but in Outlaws, that's really not a big thing.
Your sixth weapon is dynamite. Dynamite is dynamite. It explodes, and if there is a group of guys bunched up together, then you can expect some limbs blowing off, and some major dying. To yse the dynamite though, you'll have to press and hold the z key, or else it will juts keep on throwing raw dynamite. (Dynamite that isn't lighted.)
Your seventh weapon in Outlaws, is knives. You pick up knives on the level where the Indian guy is the boss. The knives and not that great to tell you the truth, especially for newbies. Although if you practice enough, then you can become extremly good with them, although it'll take about 3 or 4 knives to kill the most basic henchman. To throw the knives farther, you have to press and hold the left mouse button, versus just clicking the left mouse button, which will result in a whimpy throw.
Your eigth weapon in the game, and perhaps the best weapon ever, is the Gatlin Gun. That's right, you read that correctly. The Gatlin Gun, can fire an extroidanary amount of rounds per minute, but it is so heavy that you can't move or walk with it, which is the sad truth. There is a cheat though that allows you to run with the Gatlin Gun, although that's just if you are such a loser and intend to be one.
So that basically rounds up the weapons part of Outlaws. Just basically your generic weapons that you would find in all the Western Movies.
Outlaws' henchmen have 3 basic levels. 1 is the basic henchman, that are really skinny. They usually just have pistols. But there are some that carry rifles and shotguns. You'll get to know them by the color of thier shirts as you progress in the game.
The second level of henchmen, are the fatter ones. They usually are firing two pisols, thus when you kill them, and you walk over where there ammo is, you will get twice the amount of that if you killed a basic henchman carrying only one pistol. They are usually more accurate and harder to kill then your basic henchman.
The toughest and final henchman type is the boss. There's a boss at the end of every level. They get harder as you progress throughout the game. They usually have some specific weapon that they are famous for. They work for the desperado that killed your wife and captured your daughter. They are the toughest to kill, and they know how to shoot! Beware of these guys, espcially if you are playing on a higher difficlty level.
So, that's basically it. You collect a various amount of weapons as you progress throughout the game and go through the levels, until you fight the desperado that you've been after. But what makes Outlaws such a great game, is a 3D engine ahead of it's time, wonderful cut scenes, and just the general funness that goes along with this game. You won't be disappointed when you pick up this game, trust me.